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Dum Dum population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in West Bengal, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 114,786 people
Households 27,702 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.99% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.98% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 114,786 58,566 56,220 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,259 4,186 4,073 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 97,997 50,617 47,380 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.99% 93.08% 90.86% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,269 4,301 3,968 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,124 616 508 Total workersCensus workers 41,304 32,040 9,264 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.98% 54.71% 16.48% Main workersworked at least 6 months 36,128 29,639 6,489 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,176 2,401 2,775 Non-workerspeople 73,482 26,526 46,956
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 27,702 households and 114,786 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.08% for males and 90.86% for females. Of 41,304 workers, 87.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 249 75 Agricultural labourers 366 130 Household industry workers 995 452 Other workers 34,518 4,519
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Dum Dum (M) 337 99999 114,786
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.